LJE Music Lessons

William Rodriguez is a graduate (B.M.) from the University of Texas at San Antonio, where he has studied percussion performance and pedagogy under the instruction of Ms. Sherry Rubins and Mr. Michael Mixtacki. Along with his degree in Music Education, William has also graduated with an additional certificate in performance for percussion.

Alongside teaching lessons privately for percussion and piano, William has had experience teaching students of all ages in public school. He has taught daycare and elementary students through For the Love of Drums, a mobile music school that teaches percussion to young students. He has also taught as an instructor with San Antonio ISD, Southside ISD, and East Central ISD with both marching and concert bands. William also currently teaches as a middle school percussion tutor and instructor for Southwest ISD.

While earning his degree, William has been able to play with numerous marching, chamber, and concert ensembles including the open-class UTSA Indoor Percussion Independent Group, the UTSA Percussion/Steel Pan Ensembles, UTSA Concert Ensembles and Orchestra, the United University Methodist Orchestra, the Symphony of the Hills, and the San Antonio Youth Wind Ensemble, which had the opportunity to perform at Carnegie Hall in 2018. He currently stays active in arranging percussion pieces for solo work and ensembles along with performing with the San Antonio Community Wind Ensemble.

William strives to make percussion, piano, and music in general accessible for students of all backgrounds and ages. He wishes to spread the joy of expression through music by exemplary performance, pedagogy, and musicianship.